Thomas J. Henderson is the founder of the Henderson Law Firm in Washington, DC. Prior to that, Mr. Henderson was a partner at Sprenger & Lang, PLLC, a plaintiff’s class action firm specializing in employment, civil rights, pensions, benefits, and other cases. He previously served as Chief Counsel for the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, was in private practice, worked for the Neighborhood Legal Services Association, and taught constitutional civil rights litigation as Adjunct Professor at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law. Mr. Henderson has litigated numerous employment, education, housing, voting, environmental justice and other civil rights class actions, authored amicus curiae briefs on class action issues in the United States Supreme Court, presented invited testimony on class actions to the Senate and House, and authored comments on proposed Rule 23 amendments to the Advisory Committee on Civil Rules. He has a great deal of experience in co-counseling cases with attorneys from communities across the country. Mr. Henderson is chair of NELA’s Fundraising Committee and was a member of NELA’s 2007 and 2008 Annual Convention Committees. He serves of the Board of Directors of The Employee Rights Advocacy Institute For Law & Policy, NELA’s related charitable and educational public interest organization.